*We apologise that this recording misses the first few minutes of the talk, so starts part way through a Media Watch clip. Most of the talk is there though J

This talk was recorded at the Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania 2017 Conference in Melbourne. You can find out more information about this conference here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/oceania-conference/

You can listen to other talks from this conference here.

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Talks recorded by Progressive Podcast Australia and Vegan Sci podcast. You can also listen to a recap of the conference on episode 179 of Progressive Podcast Australia.

Below is further information about the talk from the conference booklet, available here: http://www.criticalanimalstudies.org/booklet/

Workshop: Who’s Fake News? You’re Fake News! Media and Information Literacy in Activist Spaces

LUC BRIEN

“Your organisation is terrible . . . you are fake news”. With those words to a CNN

correspondent, then President-Elect Donald Trump cemented the phrase “fake news” in the public consciousness. While hyped-up stories, half-truths, and outright fabrications have been a thorn in the side of legitimate journalists and news outlets for many years, “fake news” is a relatively recent phrase that seeks to describe the various types of misleading media we all encounter. From Youtube comments to international media outlets, fake news is making headlines, sparking conversation, and being debated and contested. But what is fake news? Should we care about it? How do we spot it?

The recent rise of fake news also presents internet users - especially activists and other

politically engaged users - with a unique learning opportunity to improve our credibility in online and offline conversations, including issues of trust, authority, and what makes news News.

In this interactive session, technobrarian Luc Brien will examine the fake news phenomenon looking at:

*Common types of fake news including clickbait, conspiracy theories, and propaganda,

*How and why fake news is spread, exploring the economics and psychology of fake news, and

*Why fake news is a problem, and what we as internet users can do to about it.

We will then broaden the discussion to look at wider information and media literacy needs, giving participants the opportunity to gain practical skills to critically evaluate information sources faster and more effectively. 

                Luc holds a Bachelor of Business (Information and Knowledge Management) from          RMIT University. He has worked in academic libraries since 2011, primarily in student               and academic support roles. In 2016, Luc began his own information literacy project,         Libsaurus, on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, to open dialogues about research,                information skills, media literacy, and libraries.

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